Railway tie



J. NEIMEYER.

RAILWAY TIE.

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JOHN NEIMEYER, or TBENTON, 01 110.

RAILW'AY TIE.

Application fi1ed,September 12, 1921. Serial no. 500,156. M 1

ful Improvements in Railway Ties, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates particularly to nonmetallic ties, andties'preferably of wood, and is designed especially with the view toproviding a tie of this character that may with facility be tamped fromthe sides and ends in such manner as to provide a maximum bearingsurface for the tie, and insure a proper and stable set for the tie inthe roadbed. As thus constructed the tie is comparatively inexpensive incost of production and is capable of being placed and .tamped in theroadbed in fixed position to prevent longitudinal or other movementwithin its bed. i

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements offeatures in the construction of'the tie as will be hereinafter pointedout and claimed. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated onecomplete example of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein thetie is illustrated as constructed according to the best mode I have thusfar devised for the practical application of the principles of myinvention.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a tie constructed according tomy invention, showing the rails in section.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the tie of Fig. 1. a

Figure 3 is an end view of the tie.

Figure 4 is alongitudinal vertical, sec

tional view at one end of the tie.

In the preferred form of the invention as illustrated'in the drawings,the tie 1 is of wood of the usual or standard dimensions and generaloutline, and the rails 2 that are secured by the spikes 3 areillustrated in Fig. 1 to show the relation of parts.

The bottom or underside of the tie, intermediate its ends is rounded orcurved transversely as at 4, and at 5, 5, the straight sides of the tiemerge with the rounded bottom, these longitudinal edges 5 being alsocurved, but on a much smaller arc than that of the rounded bottom 4. Therounded bottom and curved edges permit the use of tamping tools fortamping the material under and around the tie alongits sides, and thecurved bottomiand sides or edges of the tie provide additional bearingsurface for E the tie in its bed. 1 g

At each end the tie is provided with a groove 6 extending from theextremity of the tie toward its center, and at a point 7 approximatelyunder the line ofthe rail or] track, the groove terminates and mergesinto the rounded bottom a of thetie. It will be seen that the ends ofthe tie are beveled or inclined, the lower ends. of these inclined andthe presence of the groove 6 in these 7 beveled ends of thetie formribs, at- 6, at

the respective sides of the groove. The groove and the lateral ribs 6merge with the'rounded bottom of the tie just below the point of supportfor the railway rail 2.

It will. be apparent that. the tie may be tamped with suitable toolsfrom its endsand the material forced in and under the grooved ends andunder the ribs 6, and as thus tamped the tie rests in its bed and isinterlocked withthe material of the roadbed disposed in the grooves,under the beveled ends or" the tie, and about the side ribs 6', 6. Thisconstruction of the tie permits the tamping of the tie into position inits roadbed in such manner as to prevent both lateral and longitudinalmovement of the tie, as it will be apparent that the material will holdthe tie and prevent either of these movements. The roadbed with ties ofthis character placed therein is thus rendered more durable, stable, andless likely to require frequent repair.

. Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent is- I -1. Awooden railway tie having beveled underfaces at its ends, and grooves insaid faces mergingwith the bottom of the tie,

said grooves forming lateral ribs merging with the bottom of the tie.-

2. A wooden railway tie having a rounded the tie.

JOHN NEIMEYER.

